EVUNA’S expansion into Cheshire means a sensitive revamp of the Tudor-style, Grade II listed former Smallbone store in Knutsford. Quite a feat for a 110 cover restaurant, the Spanish specialist’s biggest yet but on first ...
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Five Good Food Guide accolades to raise Manc spirits
MONDAY, October 2 is the date they hand out the Michelin stars – traditionally known as Manchester’s Day of Disappointment. Meanwhile, to raise spirits, the more encouraging Waitrose Good Food Guide 2018 is out now. ...
Fresh traders as Makers Market returns to Eccles
SATURDAY, September 9, sees the return of the Eccles Makers Market with an expected 50 artisan traders on board. Some of these are selling handmade headbands, shabby chic signs and other crafty stuff, but there’s ...
Moon Rabbit goes Bundobust for Manchester Food and Drink Festival
MAYBE it’s the ultimate fusion food, a collaboration for MFDF between ‘space age Asian’ eaterie atop Urbis The Rabbit In The Moon and Bundobust, ‘craft beer meets Gujarati veggie snacks’ in a basement off Piccadilly ...
Manchester Loves Cocktails all week (well, we knew that)
NEXT week’s citywide liquor extravaganza Manchester Loves Cocktails (September 4-10) is jam packed with treats and looks set to better 2016 when it attracted more than 2,500 aficionados. Check out its website for the staggering ...
First look at (and a taste of) Wood McR, relaxed fine dining on First Street
‘IT’S Showtime’ was the social media message from WOOD Mcr on the day of their launch this week, culmination of the highest profile, personality-led build-up to a restaurant with fine dining pretensions we can remember ...
POTTED IT! JUNKYARD GOLF CLUB MOVES TO FIRST STREET
JUNKYARD Golf Club, one of the surprise leisure successes of revcent times, two years on has outgrown its original space at Piccadilly Place and moved to First Street, where its neighbours include Gasworks, Liquor Store ...
Garden chic Quays – first look at The Botanist MediaCityUK
WE always wonder if the New World Trading Company has a mega barn full of ‘previously loved’ farm and garden tools plus a tottering pile of weathered timber to furnish their burgeoning Botanist chain – ...
GRAB YOUR TICKETS FOR THE BIG INDIE WINE FEST IN MANCHESTER HALL
MFDF’S Big Indie Wine Fest has been hosted in some spectacular spaces from Manchester Town Hall’s Great Hall to The Whitworth to the Engine House of of the People’s History Museum, but this year’s venue ...
Alchemist's 'golden spaceship' lands in MediaCityUK
THE striking new MediaCityUK Alchemist Bar & Restaurant has opened in The Bund, a prime waterside location between The Lowry Theatre and MediaCityUK and it certainly makes an architectural statement. This futuristic £1.2m development featuring ...